Baby Looney Tunes
Series, 2002, The 2000s, Set in The gang as babies
Baby Looney Tunes is #8 of 18 in release order and #8 of 18 in chronological order in the Looney Tunes.
The story
The world's most beloved animated characters as precocious preschoolers, discovering the world one baby step at a time.
Baby Looney Tunes recap
A preschool series in which the Looney Tunes characters are toddlers. Granny looks after them in her house and garden: Baby Bugs, Lola, Daffy, Taz, Sylvester and Tweety, with other characters appearing as babies too. Instead of chases and violence, each episode deals with the small problems of early childhood, such as sharing or understanding feelings, and the babies learn something by the end. Episodes are split into short story segments and include original songs, often with cameos by other characters. The characters keep their familiar personalities in small form: Bugs is clever, Daffy is jealous and Taz is always hungry. The show began on WB stations in 2002 and moved to Cartoon Network, running until 2005 over four seasons. A direct-to-video film, Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure, followed in 2003.
Baby Looney Tunes ending explained
Baby Looney Tunes ended without a finale; its last episodes aired on Cartoon Network in April 2005, after four seasons, and the babies never grow up within the show. It stayed the franchise's only preschool series until Bugs Bunny Builders in 2022, which puts the characters, at their usual ages, in charge of a construction crew in a gentle show for the same young audience.
Where to watch Baby Looney Tunes
Baby Looney Tunes is streaming on Philo, YouTube TV, and Tubi in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.2/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Space Jam, before Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
- Chronological order: after Space Jam, before Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
What to watch before Baby Looney Tunes
In release order, 7 Looney Tunes essentials come before Baby Looney Tunes (2002), from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1930) to Space Jam (1996). Baby Looney Tunes itself is optional in the Looney Tunes order.
Cast
- Sam Vincent as Bugs / Daffy / Tweety (voice)
- Terry Klassen as Sylvester (voice)
- Britt McKillip as Lola (voice)
- Ian James Corlett as Taz (voice)
- June Foray as Granny (voice)
- Janyse Jaud as Melissa (voice)
- Chiara Zanni as Petunia (voice)
Created by Tom Minton, Ron Myrick, Gloria Jenkins.